The word for today is…
burgle (verb):
: to break into and steal from (a home, business, etc.)
: to commit robbery
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Burglary and burglar, which refer respectively to the act of breaking into a dwelling especially at night in order to commit theft or some other crime, and to someone who commits such an act, have been with us since the 16th century. Burgle and its synonym burglarize didn’t break into the language until the 19th century. Burgle is a back-formation from burglar—that is, it was formed by removing that word’s suffix. Burglarize comes from burglar too, but by a suffixal addition. Both verbs were once disparaged by grammarians—burgle (now the usual choice in British English) was considered “facetious” and burglarize (now preferred in the U.S.) was labeled “colloquial”—but they are both now generally accepted. Readers may also be curious to know the specificity English allows in referring to thieves of particular types.
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